Tobacco-pipe



Patented Sept. l3, I898 J. C. WRIGHT.

TOBACCO PIPE.

(Application filed Nov. 16, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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'TOBACCO- -IPIPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,839, datedSeptember 13, 1898.

Application filed November 16, 1897. Serial No. 658,745. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LJAMES OHIDsEY WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tobacco-Pipes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact'description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to improvements in tobacco-pipes, its objectbeing to provide a novel and improved tobacco-holding andnicotine-retaining attachment therefor for the purpose of depriving thesmoking habit of its injurious effects; and to this end the inventionconsists in a device of this character embodying certain novel featuresof construction, as will be hereinafter more fully described, andspecifically set forth in the ap pended claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed and forming part of this specification,Figure l is a perspective view of a tobacco-pipe embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same, showing the tobaccoholderand nicotine-retainer. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of thetobacco-holder and nicotine-retainer detached. Fig. 4c is a verticalsection, and Fig. 5 a plan View of the same.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, A represents atobacco-bowl of the usual configuration, and B the stem thereof. 1indicates a reticulated basket comprising the tobacco-holder, which isconstructed of woven-wire fabric, and 2 is an annular collar of sheetmetal in which the open end of said basket is secured by soldering orotherwise, said collar being adapted to rest upon the rim of the bowl ofthe pipe and support the basket, as shown. The bottom of this basketconsists of a saucer-like receptacle 3, suitably secured, the purpose ofwhich is to catch and retain the nicotine from the tobacco and preventthe same from entering the stem of the pipe and thence to the mouth ofthe smoker. 4 designates spring-arms secured at one end to the side ofthe basket or to the annu lar collar 2. The lower free ends of thesearms are bent inwardly and are adapted to press firmly against the innerwall of the bowl of the pipe to hold the basket firmly in position. I

When the receptacle 3 becomes filled with nicotine, the basket may bereadily removed, cleaned, and replaced.

Owing to the peculiar construction of my improved tobacco-pipediversified draft is ob tained, producing uniform combustion of thetobacco, which prevents the pipe from going out, necessitating frequentlighting, as in the common form of smokers pipes, while the saucer-likereceptacle forming the bottom of the basket prevents the tobacco as wellas the nicotine from falling into and clogging the stem.

The advantages of my device are too readily apparent to needexplanation, although I desire to state that the chief object is toprevent the nicotine poison of the tobacco from entering the system ofthe smoker, and thus make this manner of the use of tobacco moreenjoyable and healthful.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,

bowl thereof, of a tobacco-holder and nico' tine-retainer therefor,comprising a Woven wire basket open at both'ends and adapted to hold thetobacco, a flange or collar secured rigidly about the upper end thereofand resting upon the rim of the bowl and holding the basketconcentrically suspended therein so that a surrounding circulating-spaceis af- In a tobacco-pipe, the combination with the

